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YEARS

known to her already in youth, and the inscription by N. K. Krupskaya: "Address of Shaternikova: Higher Women's Courses. I join the request of Vera Mikhailovna Bonch-Bruevich. N. K. Ulyanova."
2 N. N. Krestinsky — People's Commissar of Finance.

NOTE TO L. D. TROTSKY

[1918, August, no earlier than the 20th]

Comrade Trotsky!
Think about this.
Should we not appoint
Vatsetis Supreme Commander-in-Chief?

Lenin

1 The note was written on the report of military commissar A. I. Egorov concerning the necessity of immediately unifying the management of combat operations of troops in one hand, of appointing a Supreme Commander-in-Chief responsible to the Soviet of People's Commissars, and of forming the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.
2 I. I. Vatsetis — colonel of the old army. After the October Revolution went over to the side of Soviet power. Participated in suppressing the Left SR rebellion in Moscow as commander of the Latvian Rifle Division. Later was commander of the Eastern Front, and from September 1918 to July 1919 — Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the RSFSR.

NOTE TO G. I. PETROVSKY

[Between August 21 and 28, 1918]

To Petrovsky

Ispolatov complains that they want to arrest him groundlessly. You, they say, know what this is about3.

1 G. I. Petrovsky — People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the RSFSR.
2 N. N. Ispolatov — chairman of the Usmansk Soviet of Tambov Province.
3 To this note of V. I. Lenin there is a reply from G. I. Petrovsky stating that he does not know the substance of the matter, but has information characterizing the conduct of N. N. Ispolatov in a negative light, and he has demanded the materials of accusation.

LENIN COLLECTION

On the back of the note with the address of N. N. Ispolatov, who was in Moscow at that time, there are the following entries by V. I. Lenin: "Ispolatov. Room 25. Speak with Petrovsky." (Lenin circled the last phrase with a line).

EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH L. A. FOTIEVA

[August 23, 1918]

I asked permission from Tsiurupa to report to you that he had 2 attacks today and that he cannot make his report. He did not give permission, and therefore do not reveal me.

It was not... reasonable to ask him for permission. Summon Svidersky or Bryukhanov3.

1 The correspondence took place at a session of the Council of People's Commissars on August 23, 1918.
2 A. D. Tsiurupa had hunger fainting fits on the basis of malnutrition.
3 N. P. Bryukhanov — deputy People's Commissar of Food Supply.

NOTE TO A. I. RYKOV

[1918, August, no later than the 27th]

Why give separate credentials to nearly forty persons (of the Turkestan irrigation expedition)?

They are not authorized to do this individually.
A general [credential] must be given1.

1 This concerns the issuance of credentials to members of the Turkestan expedition on irrigation. A. I. Rykov in his note to V. I. Lenin reports on the desire of the expedition's participants to have credentials individually in case they travel to different places in Turkestan, and along with this proposes to issue a general credential.

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RESOLUTION ON A TELEGRAM FROM YELAN
OF TAMBOV PROVINCE

[1918, August, no earlier than the 28th]

Moscow, TsIK, TO LENIN. The Seventh Company of the First Workers' and Peasants' Socialist Regiment, volunteers of Usmansk district, standing in forward trenches on guard of the revolution, is deeply outraged and protests against the accusations being brought and the removal of a steadfast fighter for the proletariat and the conquests of the October Revolution, chairman of the Usmansk Soviet Ispolatov. Curses upon those who have betrayed and abandoned an honest old Communist who desired only the good of the poorest peasantry and workers.

Chairman of the Committee Mokeev,
Company Commander Chistyakov

Forward by telegraph to the Tambov provincial committee and demand an explanation.

1 See the present collection, p. 101; Lenin Collections XVII, pp. 187-188; XXXV, p. 34 and V. I. Lenin. Complete Collected Works, vol. 50, pp. 160-161.

NOTE TO N. P. BRYUKHANOV

[1918, August, no later than the 28th]

To Bryukhanov

Your conclusion?
Should this not be brought to the SNK [Council of People's Commissars]?
Or will you implement this by order through Comprod?

Lenin

1 V. I. Lenin requests the opinion of the deputy commissar of food supply N. P. Bryukhanov on a report concerning the results of an inspection of the conduct of potato procurement operations. In his reply, Bryukhanov reports that in the majority of cases the orders of the People's Commissariat of Food Supply coincide with the proposals in the report and are used in many respects. On August 28, 1918, this question was considered at a session of the Council of People's Commissars.